Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:00 PM

Tx4obama (29,853 posts)

Senator Claire McCaskill's responses to Todd Akin

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) said in a statement Sunday that comments made by her Republican opponent Rep. Todd Akin about "legitimate rape" were "beyond comprehension":

"It is beyond comprehension that someone can be so ignorant about the emotional and physical trauma brought on by rape," said McCaskill. "The ideas that Todd Akin has expressed about the serious crime of rape and the impact on its victims are offensive."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mccaskill-calls-akins-rape-comments-beyond-comprehension

AND

Senator McCaskill's tweet below

Claire McCaskill
@clairecmc
As a woman & former prosecutor who handled 100s of rape cases,I'm stunned by Rep Akin's comments about victims this AM bit.ly/NahiHz

http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-senate-nominee-victims-of-legitimate-rape-do-not-get-pregnant/

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mccaskill-im-stunned-by-akins-comments-about-rape

Related DU OP

Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014199286

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Senator Claire McCaskill's responses to Todd Akin (Original post)	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	OP
She should remind everyone of his ignorance every chance she gets.	Arkansas Granny	Aug 2012	#1
After Akin's fucking pathetic remarks today, McCaskill should win re-election	Hawaii Hiker	Aug 2012	#3
After Michele Bachmann's 'communists in Congress' remarks in 2009 ...	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#4
Bachmann probably survived since she only is in House and comes from	Hawaii Hiker	Aug 2012	#10
McCaskill needs to follow Sen. Bennet's strategy	TroyD	Aug 2012	#2
good advice but	Dustin DeWinde	Aug 2012	#6
Akin also thinks marriage should be a license for a man to rape his wife	meow2u3	Aug 2012	#5
DCCC petition calling on Romney & Ryan to denounce Akin	TroyD	Aug 2012	#7
Romney Camp: ‘We Disagree’ With Akin'	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#12
Good Senator..get that out there cause	Cha	Aug 2012	#8
Thank you Senator McCaskill	blur256	Aug 2012	#9
Kick & Rec nt	Firebrand Gary	Aug 2012	#11
Akin "currently serves on the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee"	wordpix	Aug 2012	#13

Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:13 PM

Arkansas Granny (14,806 posts)

1. She should remind everyone of his ignorance every chance she gets.

His remarks were worse than willful ignorance. What he said was hateful ignorance.

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Response to Arkansas Granny (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:23 PM

Hawaii Hiker (2,453 posts)

3. After Akin's fucking pathetic remarks today, McCaskill should win re-election

she should win the female vote 80-20% after Akin's repulsive remarks....

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Response to Hawaii Hiker (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:25 PM

Tx4obama (29,853 posts)

4. After Michele Bachmann's 'communists in Congress' remarks in 2009 ...

I thought she would lose in 2010 but she didn't.

I just hope that the good people of Missouri will NOT vote for Akin.

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Sun Aug 19, 2012, 08:38 PM

Hawaii Hiker (2,453 posts)

10. Bachmann probably survived since she only is in House and comes from

very conservative district, much easier to be partsian kook (and win) in a House race....Bachmann would never win a senate race, not in MN. anyway..

But in MO. senate race, McCaskill has to be the faovrite now...Akin's remarks were among the most vile I've ever heard a senate candiate utter..

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:18 PM

TroyD (4,472 posts)

2. McCaskill needs to follow Sen. Bennet's strategy

Here's my suggestion to the McCaskill campaign as to how to win the women's vote by large numbers the way Bennet did:

Liberal third party groups called Buck extremist. Bennet focused on attacking Buck’s views on abortion, which he believed should be banned including those of cases of rape and incest. He was also attacked for wanting to eliminate the 17th Amendment and refusing to prosecute an alleged rapist as Weld County district attorney. Planned Parenthood mounted a mail campaign, targeting women voters with the warning that "Colorado women can’t trust Ken Buck." Bennet won the women vote by 17 points according to exit polls. After the election, Buck conceded to the Denver Post that the main reason why he lost is because of social issues.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado,_2010

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Response to TroyD (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 07:30 PM

Dustin DeWinde (72 posts)

6. good advice but

Mccaskill is a bluedog . And those folks seen to prefer running as republican lite rather than as democrats.

When you give the people a choice between a republican and a republican, they will choose the republican every time

Dems, stand up and be dems

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:59 PM

meow2u3 (14,007 posts)

5. Akin also thinks marriage should be a license for a man to rape his wife

Last edited Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:59 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

TPM points out that Akin has a history of controversial positions on abortion. As a Missouri state legislator, Akin questioned an anti-marital rape law over whether it might be misused “in a real messy divorce as a tool and a legal weapon to beat up on the husband,” but eventually voted for it.

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 07:38 PM

TroyD (4,472 posts)